Run .desktop command verbose

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I'm trying to create a launcher for skilion's onedrive from here. I've already built it and it's in my PATH. I'm trying to create a launcher with an icon that will invoke onedrive -m in a terminal window so I can see files being uploaded and whatnot. This is what I have so far:

[Desktop Entry]
Type=Application
Terminal=true
Name=OneDrive
Icon=/home/{me}/script/OneDrive-icon.png
Exec=onedrive -m

When I launch this, I just see an empty terminal. If I create a file in my OneDrive folder, the terminal doesn't show anything being uploaded. If I open a terminal and enter onedrive -m the normal way, it works. What am I doing wrong?

Edit: Here's a picture of what the command will do normally. I want the launcher to open a window that does this continually until I stop it.

see also http://askubuntu.com/q/436891/295286 – Sergiy Kolodyazhnyy Feb 19 '17 at 21:28 — Sergiy Kolodyazhnyy, Feb 19 '17 at 21:28

Sergiy Kolodyazhnyy · Accepted Answer · 2017-02-19T21:56:58.127

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You need one more line

Terminal=true

If the command requires you keeping terminal open for some time, you can alter the Exec line like so:

Exec=bash -c 'onedrive -m;bash'

edited Feb 19 '17 at 21:56

answered Feb 19 '17 at 21:27

Sergiy Kolodyazhnyy

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I already had the line Terminal=true – TheDetective Feb 19 '17 at 21:37
@TheDetective OK, is this a long-running command or does it exit fairly fast ? You said you see empty terminal. Is the command supposed to output text or does it exit silently normaly ? – Sergiy Kolodyazhnyy Feb 19 '17 at 21:39
It's supposed to monitor the contents of my OneDrive folder locally and remotely, and upload/download files. I'll try to post a picture shortly of some example output. – TheDetective Feb 19 '17 at 22:18
Try the edit i made to the answer – Sergiy Kolodyazhnyy Feb 19 '17 at 22:28
It's working now, thanks! Is there any way to make the terminal window that is open stay attached to the Icon in the launcher, instead of becoming part of the terminal in the launcher? – TheDetective Feb 19 '17 at 22:42
@TheDetective technically, yes, there is a way; see this: http://askubuntu.com/a/635839/295286 – Sergiy Kolodyazhnyy Feb 19 '17 at 23:23

Run .desktop command verbose

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